A photograph of President Donald Trump is lit up at the entranceway of Justin W. Williams United States Attorney's building, adjacent to US District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, on Thursday. Ken Cedeno/Reuters

Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted Thursday. The news came just days after President Donald Trump forced out a US attorney who declined to bring such charges, publicly pushed for prosecutions of Comey and other political foes, and installed a loyalist who quickly gave him what he wanted.

It’s a remarkable breach of Justice Department norms that say a president isn’t supposed to involve themselves in prosecutions – particularly those in which they have a political interest.

But this breach has been met on many portions of the right by shrugs. The prevailing ar

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